The survey about childhood in the Third World shows that the struggle for survival is long and hard.But in the rich world, children can 1 from a different kind of poverty-of the spirit. 2 , one Western country alone now sees 14 000 attempted suicides(自杀)every year by children under 15, and one child 3 five needs psychiatric(心理)advice.
There are many good things about 4 in the Third World.Take the close and constant relation between children and their parents, relatives and neighbours for example.In the West, the very nature of work puts distance between 5 and children.But in most Third World villages mother and father do not go miles away each day to work in offices. 6 , the child sees mother and father, relations and neighbours working 7 and often shares in that work.
A child 8 in this way learns his or her role through joining in the community’s 9 :helping to dig or build, look after animals or babies-rather than 10 playing with water and sand in kindergarten, keeping pets 11 playing with dolls.
These children may grow up with a less oppressive sense of space and time than the 12 children.Their sense of days and time has a lot to do with the change of seasons and positions of the sun or the moon in the sky.Children in the rich world, 13 , are provided with a watch as one of the 14 signs of growing up, so that they can 15 along with their parents about being late for school times, meal times, bed times, the times of TV shows…
Third World children do not usually 16 to stay indoors, still less in high rise apartments(公寓).Instead of dangerous roads, “keep off the grass” signs and “don’t speak to strangers”, there is often a sense of 17 to study and play.Parents can see their children outside rather than observe them 18 from ten floors up.
19 , twelve million children under five still die every year through hunger and disease.But childhood in the Third World is not all 20 .
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A.
come
B.
learn
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suffer
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survive
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As usual
B.
For instance
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In fact
D.
In other words
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A.
by
B.
in
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to
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under
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A.
childhood
B.
poverty
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spirit
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survival
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A.
adults
B.
fathers
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neighbours
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relatives
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A.
Anyhow
B.
However
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Instead
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Still
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A.
away
B.
alone
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along
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nearby
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A.
growing up
B.
living through
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playing
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working
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A.
activity
B.
life
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study
D.
work
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A.
by
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from
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through
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with
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A.
and
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but
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or
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so
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Eastern
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good
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poor
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Western
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at any moment
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at the same time
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on the other hand
D.
on the whole
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easiest
B.
earliest
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happiest
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quickest
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care
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fear
C.
hurry
D.
worry
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A.
dare
B.
expect
C.
have
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require
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A.
control
B.
danger
C.
disappointment
D.
freedom
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anxiously
B.
eagerly
C.
impatiently
D.
proudly
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A.
Above all
B.
In the end
C.
Of course
D.
What’s more
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A.
bad
B.
good
C.
rich
D.
poor
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Children model themselves largely on their parents.They do so mainly through identification.Children identify 1 a parent when they believe they have the qualities and feelings that are 2 of that parent.The things parents do and say-and the 3 they do and say to them-therefore strongly influence a child's 4 .However, parents must consistently behave like the type of 5 they want their child to become.
A parent's actions 6 affect the self-image that a child forms 7 identification.Children who see mainly positive qualities in their 8 will likely learn to see themselves in a positive way.Children who observe chiefly 9 qualities in their parents will have difficulty 10 positive qualities in themselves.Children may 11 their self-image, however, as they become increasingly 12 by peers groups standards before they reach 13.
Isolated(孤立的)events, 13 dramatic(突然的)ones, do not necessarily have a permanent 14 on a child's behavior.Children interact such events according to their established attitudes and previous training.Children who know they are loved can, 15 , accept the divorce of their parents' or a parent's early 16 .But if children feel unloved, they may interpret such events 17 a sign of rejection or punishment.
In the same way, all children are not influenced 18 by toys and games, reading matter, and television programs. 19 in the case of a dramatic change in family relations, the 20 of an activity or experience depends on how the child interprets it.
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to
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with
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around
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for
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A.
informed
B.
characteristic
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conceived
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indicative
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A.
gesture
B.
expression
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way
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extent
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A.
behavior
B.
words
C.
mood
D.
reactions
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A.
person
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humans
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creatures
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adult
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in turn
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nevertheless
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also
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as a result
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before
B.
besides
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with
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through
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A.
eyes
B.
parents
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peers
D.
behaviors
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negative
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cheerful
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various
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complex
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see
B.
seeing
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to see
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to seeing
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A.
modify
B.
copy
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give up
D.
continue
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A.
mature
B.
influenced
C.
unique
D.
independent
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A.
not
B.
besides
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even
D.
finally
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A.
idea
B.
wonder
C.
stamp
D.
effect
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A.
luckily
B.
for example
C.
at most
D.
theoretically
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A.
death
B.
rewards
C.
advice
D.
teaching
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as
B.
being
C.
of
D.
for
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A.
even
B.
at all
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alike
D.
as a whole
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A.
Even
B.
Since
C.
Right
D.
As
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A.
result
B.
effect
C.
scale
D.
cause
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I was fifteen months old, a happy kid….until the day I fell.It was a 1 fall.I landed on a glass rabbit which cut my eye badly enough to make it blind.Trying to save the eye, the doctors stitched(缝合)the eyeball together where it was 2 , leaving a big ugly scar(疤痕)in the middle of my eye.The attempt 3 , but my mother, in all of her wisdom, found another doctor and the doctor said that if the eye were removed 4 , my face would grow up badly ditorted(扭曲), 5 my scarred, sightless, cloudy and gray eye lived on with me.As I grew, this sightless eye in so many ways 6 me.
I walked with my face looking at the 7 so that people would not see the 8 me.Yet my mother would say to me, at every turn, “Hold your head up high and 9 the world.If you hold your head up high, it will be OK, and people will see your 10 soul.” She continued this 11 whenever I was trying to hide.
Mother’s words were of great help for me to face the world 12 .As a teenager, even though I tended to look down to hide my shame, I found that sometimes when I held my head up high and let people know me, they 13 me.In high school, I was 14 both academically and socially.I was 15 elected class president.My mohter’s words helped me begin to realize that by letting people look at my face, I let them 16 the intelligence and beauty behind both eyes, even if they couldn’t see it on the 17 .
Now I’m a happy wife and great mother.The message “Hold your head up high,” has been 18 many times in my 19 home.Each of my children has felt 20 value, and the gift my mother gave me has lived on in another generation.
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A.
surprising
B.
sudden
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bad
D.
big
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A.
separated
B.
destroyed
C.
hurt
D.
cut
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A.
tried
B.
failed
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succeeded
D.
managed
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entirely
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quickly
C.
carefully
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slowly
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Then
B.
So
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Still
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If
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A.
protected
B.
stopped
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affected
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interrupted
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A.
front
B.
world
C.
floor
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people
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A.
ugly
B.
eldly
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shy
D.
strange
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A.
deal with
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see
C.
face
D.
laugh at
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A.
different
B.
honest
C.
lonely
D.
beautiful
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A.
message
B.
passage
C.
opinion
D.
sentence
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simply
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proudly
C.
bravely
D.
fairly
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liked
B.
disliked
C.
hated
D.
noticed
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A.
comfortable
B.
valuable
C.
special
D.
successful
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nearly
B.
hardly
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even
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still
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A.
touch
B.
recognize
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watch
D.
observe
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A.
head
B.
outing
C.
surface
D.
scar
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A.
heard
B.
discussed
C.
talked
D.
written
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A.
brave
B.
peaceful
C.
exciting
D.
sweet
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A.
its
B.
my
C.
their
D.
her
完型填空,阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
An old man went to live with his son, daughter-in-law, and a four-year-old grandson.The old man's hands 1 , his eyesight became unclearm, and his 2 were unsteady.The family are together nightly at the dinner table.But elderly grandfather's shaky hands and failing 3 made eating rather difficult.Peas rolled off his spoon onto the floor and milk spilled on the tablecloth.
The son and daughter-in-law became 4 with the mess.So they set a small table in the corner.There grandfather ate alone 5 the rest of the family enjoyed dinner at the dinner table. 6 grandfather had broken a dish or two, his food was served in a 7 bowl.
Sometimes when the family glanced in grandfather's 8 , he had a tear in his eyes as he ate alone, 9 , the only words the couple had for him were sharp blames when he dropped a fork or spilled food.The four-year-old son watched it all in 10 .
One evening before supper, the father noticed his son playing with wood pieces on the floor.He asked the child 11 .“What are you making? ” “Oh, a little, bowl for you and mama to eat your food from when I 12 .” The four-year-old son smiled and 13 work.The words so 14 the parents that they were speechless.Then tears started to stream down their cheeks.That evening the husband gently led grandfather back to the family table. 15 the rest of his days he ate every meal with the family.And for 16 reason, neither husband nor wife seemed to care any longer when a fork was dropped, or the tablecloth soiled.
Children's eyes always 17 , their ears always listen, and their minds always 18 the messages they absorb.If they see us patiently provide a happy home atmosphere for family members, they will also follow the good example.The wise parent realizes that every day is being 19 for the child's future.Let us all be wise builders and role 20 .Take care of yourself, and those you love, today, and every day!